The eye sees more than the heart knows.
My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt.
And is he honest who resists his genius or conscience only for the sake of present ease or gratification
Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.
Reason, or the ratio of all we have already known, is not the same that it shall be when we know more.
As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.